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“Comedy itself is based upon very old principles of which I can readily name seven. They are, in short: the joke, exaggeration, ridicule, ignorance, surprise, the pun, and finally, the comic situation.”

I Can Names Situation Principles Comedy Ignorance Jokes Surprise Seven Comic Ridicule Exaggeration Pun I Can Read

Author:Jack Benny

“Ignorance makes for weakness and fear; knowledge gives strength and confidence. Nothing surprises an intellect that knows all things with a sense of discrimination.”

Knows Giving Fear Knowledge Ignorance Weakness All Things Surprise Intellect Discrimination Weakness And Fear

Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

“His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing... My surprise reached a climax, however, when I found incidentally that he was ignorant of the Copernican Theory and of the composition of the Solar System.”

Knows Book Philosophy Next Found Literature Language Ignorance Theory Surprise Ignorant Contemporary Remarkable Composition Solar System Climax Contemporary Literature Study In Scarlet

Book:The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels

Source: The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels

“It's no surprise that the Bush administration's bullying swagger and blithe ignorance have caused much of the Muslim world to hold the U.S. in rock-bottom regard.”

World Rocks Ignorance Regard Surprise Bottom Administration Bullying Swagger Muslim World Blithe

Author:Graydon Carter

“Do not try to entrap others with your haughty knowledge. To your wide surprise, they will entrap you with their lengthy ignorance.”

Trying Knowledge Ignorance Surprise Wide Haughty Lengthy

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“The ignorant are afraid to betray surprise or admiration...they think it ill manners.”

Thinking Ignorance Surprise Ill Ignorant Manners Admiration Betray

Author:Mark Twain